Modernist Archives - Essay Quoll

Evaluate what kind of Modernist ideas are visualized in the paintings of Pablo Picasso.

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Ambrose

The article about Clement Greenberg. Greenberg was an influential art critic whose views and arguments contributed strongly to defining “Modernism” in the context of Western Fine Art. Greenberg favored abstraction as a purified and universal form of representation which would transcend specific spatial and historical contexts. The Introduction to Inside Modernity by Harney and Phillips […]

Explain, using visual analysis of one of the Jacob Lawrence’s works , how Lawrence used Modernist visual language to express the struggles of African Americans during The Great Migration.

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Ambrose

Explain, using visual analysis of one of the Jacob Lawrence’s works , how Lawrence used Modernist visual language to express the struggles of African Americans during The Great Migration.

In Carrie Mae Weems’ Not Manet’s Type (1997), the artist positions herself within the context of Modernist art history. Why is Weems doing this? How does this work function as a greater commentary on cultural history more broadly?Explain

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Ambrose

In Carrie Mae Weems’ Not Manet’s Type (1997), the artist positions herself within the context of Modernist art history. Why is Weems doing this? How does this work function as a greater commentary on cultural history more broadly?